Hungi is a Senior Project Officer at UNESCO-IICBA where he leads research in a range of areas including most recently burnout among university lecturers, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on school leadership, and how to deliver distance learning on e-platforms. He joined IICBA in 2019 from the APHRC where he provided leadership on education projects – including evaluating the impact of a preschool intervention; assessing 21-century skills among youth; examining schooling and learning among children in rural settlements; evaluating the impact of fee-funding on school participation; and assessing the effects of community-based interventions. Before joining APHRC, he oversaw technical aspects of SACMEQ in 14 countries in SSA. Hungi has also worked as a consultant in various international projects. He holds a Ph.D. in Education Measurement from Flinders University, Australia.